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The Poetry of South Africa

by Alexander WILMOT (1836 - 1924)

South African Courtship

The Poetry of South Africa

Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author of the History of the Zulu War 1879. Here he collects poetry from various sources in the Cape Colony, Natal, and the Transvaal. Summary by Larry Wilson.

Listen next episodes of The Poetry of South Africa:
In Memoriam , Afric's Greeting , Be Kind to One Another , Dolly , Epitaph on a Diamond Digger , Going Home , In Memoriam , Lord! What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him! , Paddy's Love Symptoms , Platteklip Cascade , Precepts for Young and Old , Proverbial Philosophy of Humbug , Robert Godlinton , The Angel's Message , The Better Land , The Cape of Good Hope , The "Churl" of the Period; and Another , The Diamond Digger , The Drunkard's Child , The Erythrina Tree' , The Last Mission of the Sails , The Last of the Bowkers , The Oxford Bible , The Port Elizabeth Pyramid , The Rhyme of the Ox-wagon , The Worn-out Sails , Welcome